UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE
NPI 1851898365
Pediatrics - Hospice and Palliative Medicine in Salt Lake City, UT

NPI Status: Active since April 11, 2018

Contact Information

100 N MARIO CAPECCHI DR
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
ZIP 84113
Phone: (801) 662-4100

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Group Taxonomy
Insurance Plans Accepted
Secondary Locations
Authorized Official
CLIA Information
NPI Validation
Other Providers Same Location
Frequently Asked Questions

Organization
Pediatrics
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Accepts Insurance
CLIA Number: 46D2261233
CLIA Cert. Type: Health Fair
CLIA Exp. Date: 05-26-2026

About UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for University Of Utah Pediatric Palliative Care, a pediatrician established in Salt Lake City, Utah operating as a Pediatrics, focusing in hospice and palliative medicine . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1851898365 assigned on April 2018. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 2080H0002X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 5 years ago. University Of Utah Pediatric Palliative Care operates as a Multi-Specialty Group with one or more individual practitioners, who practice different areas of specialization. The provider's is doing business as University Of Utah Pediatric Palliative Care. The authorized official of this NPI record is Dr. Samuel Finlayson Md (Chief Clinical Officer)

NPI: 1851898365
Provider Legal Name: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PEDIATRIC ACUITY CARE
Other Organization Name: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE
Other Name Type: Doing Business As (3)
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 100 N MARIO CAPECCHI DR SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84113
Location Phone: (801) 662-4100
Mailing Address: PO BOX 841450 LOS ANGELES, CA 90084
Mailing Phone: (801) 587-6336
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: Yes
Enumeration Date: 04-11-2018
Last Update Date: 01-22-2021
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A pediatrician like University Of Utah Pediatric Palliative Care is a physician who has completed a pediatric residency and is board-certified or board-eligible in a pediatric specialty. Pediatric care providers are trained to care for newborns, infants, children and adolescents. A pediatrician could perform physical exams, manage vaccinations, monitor development milestones, diagnose illnesses, infections, injuries or other health problems, etc.

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Secondary Locations

81 N Mario Capecchi Dr
Salt Lake City, UT 84113
(801) 662-1000

Specialty - Primary Taxonomy

The NPI enumerator requires providers to submit at least one taxonomy code. A taxonomy code is a unique 10-character code that describes the healthcare provider type, classification, and the area of specialization. There could be only one primary taxonomy code per NPI record. For individual NPIs the license data is associated to the taxonomy code.

Classification: Pediatrics Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Taxonomy Code: 2080H0002X
Type: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Taxonomy Description: A pediatrician with special knowledge and skills to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting illnesses. This specialist works with an interdisciplinary hospice or palliative care team to maximize quality of life while addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of both patient and family throughout the course of the disease, through the dying process, and beyond for the family. This specialist has expertise in the assessment of patients with advanced disease; the relief of distressing symptoms; the coordination of interdisciplinary patient and family-centered care in diverse venues; the use of specialized care systems including hospice; the management of the imminently dying patient; and legal and ethical decision making in end-of-life care.

Group Taxonomy 193200000X MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP

This provider is a business group of one or more individual practitioners, who practice with different areas of specialization.

Insurance Plans Accepted

According to publicly available information the provider might be accepting the following health plans from these health insurance companies:

BridgeSpan Health Company

BridgeSpan Standard Bronze Plan - HMO
BridgeSpan Standard Gold Plan - HMO
BridgeSpan Standard Silver Plan - HMO

Florida Blue (BlueCross BlueShield FL)

BlueOptions Bronze (HSA) 24J01-10 (Rewards / $4 Condition Care Rx) - PPO
BlueOptions Bronze 24J01-04 (3 PCP Visits for $0 then $55 / $70 Specialist Visits / Rewards) - PPO
BlueOptions Bronze 24J01-06 (Rewards) - PPO
BlueOptions Bronze 24J01-17 ($50 PCP Visits / Rewards) - PPO
BlueOptions Bronze 24J01-18S ($50 PCP Visits / Rewards) - PPO
BlueOptions Gold 24J01-09 ($0 Deductible / $15 PCP Visits / $75 Specialist Visits / $20 Labs / Rewards) - PPO
BlueOptions Gold 24J01-12 ($40 PCP Visits / $75 Specialist Visits / $15 Labs / Rewards) - PPO
BlueOptions Gold 24J01-20S ($30 PCP Visits / $60 Specialist Visits / Rewards) - PPO
BlueOptions Platinum 24J01-05 ($0 Labs / $15 PCP Visits / $35 Specialist Visits / Rewards) - PPO
BlueOptions Platinum 24J01-08 ($0 Deductible / $0 Labs / $15 PCP Visits / $25 Specialist Visits / Rewards) - PPO

Florida Blue HMO (a BlueCross BlueShield FL company)

BlueCare Bronze (HSA) 24K01-09 (Rewards / $4 Condition Care Rx) - POS
BlueCare Bronze 24K01-03 (3 PCP Visits for $0 then $55 / $70 Specialist Visits / Rewards) - POS
BlueCare Bronze 24K01-05 (Rewards) - POS
BlueCare Bronze 24K01-25 ($50 PCP Visits / $75 Specialist Visits / Rewards) - POS
BlueCare Bronze 24K01-31S ($50 PCP Visits / Rewards) - POS
BlueCare Bronze 24K02-17 (3 PCP Visits for $0 then $55 / $70 Specialist Visits / Rewards) - POS
BlueCare Bronze 24K02-18 (Rewards) - POS
BlueCare Bronze 24K02-23 ($50 PCP Visits / $75 Specialist Visits / Rewards) - POS
BlueCare Bronze 24K02-26S ($50 PCP Visits / Rewards) - POS
BlueCare Gold 24K01-08 ($0 Deductible / $15 PCP Visits / $75 Specialist Visits / $20 Labs / Rewards) - POS

Molina Healthcare

Molina Gold Core 1640 - HMO
Molina Gold Core 1640 Plus with Adult Dental and Vision - HMO
Molina Gold Standard - HMO
Molina Silver Core - HMO
Molina Silver Core Plus with Adult Dental and Vision - HMO
Molina Silver Core Plus with Adult Vision - HMO
Molina Silver Saver with Four Free PCP Visits - HMO
Molina Silver Standard - HMO

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah

Bronze 8000 - EPO
Bronze Essential 9000 Deductible With 4 Copay No Deductible Office Visits - EPO
Bronze HSA 7000 - EPO
Gold 2300 - EPO
Regence Standard Bronze 7500 - EPO
Regence Standard Gold 2000 - EPO
Regence Standard Silver 6000 - EPO
Silver 6500 - EPO

University of Utah Health Plans

Healthy Premier Bronze HSA - EPO
Healthy Premier Expanded Bronze Standard - EPO
Healthy Premier Gold Copay Office Visits - EPO
Healthy Premier Gold Standard - EPO
Healthy Premier Silver Copay Office Visits - EPO
Healthy Premier Silver Standard - EPO
U Health Plus Bronze - EPO
U Health Plus Expanded Bronze Standard - EPO
U Health Plus Gold - EPO
U Health Plus Gold Standard - EPO

*Please verify directly with this provider to make sure your insurance plan is currently accepted.

Authorized Official

The authorized official is the designated individual with the legal authority to make changes to the provider’s official NPI record. For organizations, the authorized official must be a general partner, chairman of the board, CEO, CFO or a direct owner holding at least a 5 percent stake in the medical organization.

Authorized Official Name: DR. SAMUEL FINLAYSON MD
Authorized Official Title: CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER
Authorized Official Phone: (801) 587-6336

CLIA Information

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 applies to facilities or sites that test human specimens for health assessment or to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease. The CLIA Program sets standards for clinical laboratory testing and issues certificates. The NPI / CLIA crosswalk information for this NPI number is:

CLIA Number: 46D2261233
Facility Type: Health Fair
Certificate Effective Date: May 27, 2024
Certificate Expiration Date: May 26, 2026
Laboratory Director: KAREN MCRAE
Certificate Type: Certificate of Waiver
Certificate Type Description: This CLIA certificate is issued to University Of Utah Pediatric Palliative Care to perform only waived tests. CLIA defines waived tests as simple tests with a low risk for an incorrect result. Waived tests include certain tests listed in CLIA regulations, tests cleared by the FDA for home use and tests approved by the FDA for waived status and that meet CLIA waiver criteria.

NPI NPI Number Validation

How NPI Validation Works

The NPI validation process uses the ISO-standard Luhn algorithm, a mathematical "handshake", to ensure that a provider's 10-digit ID is authentic and free of common typing errors.

To verify the NPI 1851898365, we treat the final digit (5) as the Check Digit—the target answer we need to reach. The process begins by taking the first nine digits and adding a constant value of 24, which accounts for the "80840" prefix required for all U.S. health identifiers. We then double every other digit starting from the right and sum the individual digits of those results together. For this specific NPI, that total comes to 65. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 65 = 5).

Digit-by-digit view

Use the first nine digits for the calculation. Starting from the right, double every other digit. The last digit is the check digit and is not part of the calculation.

Pos 1

Doubled → 2

Pos 2

Unchanged

Pos 3

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2

Check

Target digit

Regular digit Doubled digit Check digit

Step 1: Double every other digit from the right

Starting with the rightmost digit of the first nine digits, double every other value. If doubling creates a two-digit number, add those digits together.

1 → 2 5 → 10 → 1 8 → 16 → 7 8 → 16 → 7 6 → 12 → 3